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Summary
Hosts Dave, Kool and NatNat open with an AI-voiced intro read in Irish and Dominican accents. Then Dave gives a serious warning about a fake USDT "investment group" scam that he helped a community member's friend look into. Speakers share their own scam stories, and Voice H suggests an All Things Crypto website with a scam page. The news segment covers BNY Mellon's SEC approval for crypto custody, Arthur Hayes urging projects to launch tokens now, and Mark Cuban's interest in the SEC chair role, which leads to a debate about Gary Gensler and Elizabeth Warren. The show also covers a weekly market recap, China's stimulus, USDH on Stacks, and plans for the John Deaton space set for the following Tuesday, including a push for listeners to donate to his campaign. All of this is discussion, not financial advice.
Chapters
Rambler on the responsibility of explaining crypto to newcomers, and on police not understanding blockchainMomentAt 0:20:01 on X
Key quotes
“Traps traps are everywhere in crypto, man, for sure.”
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“And this is the old adage of if it's just too... It seems too good to be true, it most likely is. Ask a million and one questions.”
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“But it doesn't happen unless you actually try and shoot your shot.”
“Be very, very careful. Be very cautious with your money.”
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“Whether you're in stocks or in crypto, if you do it right, you can make money.”
Excerpts
Show open and AI intro read in an Irish accent, then a Dominican accent
- 0:03:53 Dave I figured Chris on Twitter would appreciate that one. What's good, everybody? Welcome. Welcome. Welcome to another episode of ATC all things. Is crack a lacking, everybody? Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you…
- 0:04:47 NatNat That would be funny. But I I would like to hear of good, Latino accent first.
- 0:06:52 Dave Okay. Now, Junie, now can you do it in a Dominican, like, hardcore Spanish accent? But not in Spanish. I need you to do it, like, in English, but just with a heavy Spanish accent.
Kool on AI voices becoming hard to tell apart from humans
- 0:08:57 Kool Yeah. Yeah. So I think the the the last one was better for sure. I think there's still probably more more work to be done with this, I think. But, eventually, though, I I think, eventually, we probably we probably…
- 0:09:55 Dave Good. Good. Good. We chilling. What's up, everybody? Shout out. I see Millie here. My girl, Safie, is here. Yo. I don't know where Benny's at. Just FYI, but before Benny gets here, me and Benny have this thing going…
- 0:10:29 NatNat Yeah. I I believe it because June, it does sound a little like sapphire. Right?
Dave's warning about a fake USDT investment group scam
- 0:10:41 Dave A little little out of it. You know what I mean? So... You know? Damn. But, Safiya, I love your videos. Thank you for making them for me. I appreciate it, and I love you. Hinano, what's good? Rambler, I see you. Evolve…
Kool recalls rogue tokens you can buy but never sell
- 0:15:25 Kool like, what, four years ago, it was very popular. Like, the ERC 20 tokens on DEX tools. There's something called... I can't remember. It... They call it honey pots. It's called something else where you buy the token and…
- 0:16:17 Dave Yeah. You gotta be careful out here, man. Yeah. Morgan, you have you have a question.
Voice H proposes an All Things Crypto website with a scam page
- 0:16:49 Dave That would be amazing, Morgan. Thank you so much for for for for that. That would be incredible. I think we need... Nat Nat Nat gate... Like, Nat Nat was like, yo. We need an all thing. I think at this point, we do…
- 0:17:12 Dave Amazing. Really, really good stuff. Yeah, man. This is this is... Like, man, if I show you guys this website, you're gonna be like, what the fuck? Right? And and and look, this is not a knock. Right? Like, the person…
NatNat on a WhatsApp scam that targeted her mom
- 0:18:43 NatNat Yeah. My mom almost got got taken, but it wasn't on Telegram. It was on it was on WhatsApp for, like, fifteen thousand. And they knew my mom's first language was not English, so they try to make it sound as complicated…
- 0:19:42 NatNat It is everywhere. Don't mess with my mom, guys. I was so mad. I almost called the police. You're gonna
- 0:19:47 Dave get that you're get that... You mess with a nice mom. You're get that chunk right to the head. Y'all better be careful out here.
Rambler on the responsibility of explaining crypto to newcomers, and on police not understanding blockchain
- 0:21:22 Dave It... It's killer, bro. Like, doesn't it... It it breaks your heart to see... To hear this shit, man. Like, it really does. Like, I can't... Like, guys, when I was in California, okay, and I had a little bit of let's…
Promo for the John Deaton space and how Dave reached him by shooting his shot
- 0:23:30 Dave shit. Collectively. Yeah. If that's your first experience, like, you're screwed. Genuinely. Like, if that is your first experience out here, like, you're gonna be like, well, what the hell am I doing? Like like, why am…
- 0:26:51 Kool Oh, yeah. Yeah. For sure. For sure. I'm excited. I think I think it's it's it's a big deal, man. It's a big deal. I never I never thought in million years of of interviewing someone that that might be a senator…
- 0:27:18 NatNat Oh, man. I can't wait. I'm coming out of day. I already told my I told my husband about it too. We're all very excited because they could be a very... It can be a game changer for crypto as a whole if he wins. And…
BNY Mellon gets SEC approval for crypto custody
- 0:30:29 Dave Don't do that to me now. I'm thinking you're talk and shit. NZ, why don't tease me like that? You always do that shit. Know? I'm muted. She... It's like wind in the background. Stop teasing us like that, MV. But let's…
- 0:32:19 Kool Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. This is big news. I'm not... Like, I'm not surprised. I I saw this coming already. This is nothing new. When Silicon Valley had that issue with USDC, USDC took their money out of that bank…
- 0:34:39 Kool person that that she was loaned a kiss to SBF, baby, because I was money. Yeah. SBF.
Arthur Hayes urges crypto projects to launch tokens now
- 0:35:17 Dave Yeah, man. And... Look. Yeah. Good good take, guys. I mean, look. At the end of the day, it's like the the headwinds are here, and, like, that's gonna lead us into this next story, right, where my man that I actually…
- 0:36:55 NatNat Right. Yeah. So I agree 100%. The whole thing about being successful in investments is getting in early and also striking while the pot is hot. And right now, it's a massive time as we see things start to shift in…
- 0:38:50 Dave Yeah. This is... The headwinds are here, man. It's shaping up to be what what we see right now, and I'm not just trying to drink some Kool Aid and tell everybody go out and buy buy buy. But... Right? Like, look. A lot…
Mark Cuban as possible SEC chair, and the Gensler vs Warren debate
- 0:40:42 Kool Yeah. I'll I'll I'll definitely take that, man. I mean, because if... Because remember, this this dude... Like, what... What's what's crazy is I don't get it, man. Like, what what does he... I mean, he's already a…
- 0:45:37 NatNat Yeah. But also Gary is just a face. Yeah. But cool. The... He has a certain say, though. It's not like he he doesn't have a say. He does have a certain say, and it's within his power to push back too. It's Warren, but…
- 0:49:51 Dave gotta take the wins where we can ultimately... Like, where we can get them. You know what I mean? So... Yeah. The... It's... Oh my god. Nancy put... The Nancy Pelosi copy trade is literally infamous on Reddit, on on…
Weekly market recap and macro signals from China
- 0:59:31 Dave Big facts. Big facts. Big facts. Let's do a quick market recap because, like, I'm looking at some of these plays. Yo. And there is some stuff like, if if you can't see these signs, like, right now... And I'm not just…
- 1:04:39 Dave We we are definitely we are definitely coming. The graphs. Like, guys, GRT is one of these, like, the most established... I remember reading on Coinbase where it's like when I first saw GRT, it was like, this is the…
- 1:08:51 Dave blow up. I don't know. It's it's a beach party in my brain. You know what I'm saying? Like, I don't know. It just seems like that would be normal. And then we could have, like, some baby oil somewhere, Rambler…
Push for listeners to donate to John Deaton's campaign
- 1:13:14 Dave Let's go. That's what I'm talking about. Guys, real quick, I wanna... I'm gonna go to Landy right after this. But one thing I did wanna... That I thought about yesterday in preparation for Tuesday, right, for this for…
- 1:14:34 Dave Oh, the page broke. Cool. You have no idea. You could donate, like, with with crypto. You can either use your Coinbase account, your Coinbase wallet, any type of WalletConnect, the MetaMask, any other type of wallet…
- 1:15:19 Landy Hey. Yeah. I see John Deaton been taking Elizabeth to the woodshed there, so I definitely wanna show him some support. So I know it's all things crypto, and I jumped in late to a space the other day, Dave. I think you…
Dave explains USDH, a Bitcoin-backed yield-bearing stablecoin on Stacks
- 1:16:02 Dave Dude, this is gonna... Like, this is... Like, this is what I'm talking about. Right? Like, these... In the stacks... Right. I'm glad you actually brought that up. Right? So in the stacks ecosystem, you have all these…
- 1:22:51 Kool Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So does the market overall, man? What's the market doing? Things are pretty green right now. But just... Like I said, don't get too excited, man. We just need to slowly ease into this thing. But…
- 1:26:26 Kool So connection Ripple. All that's something very, very short that... Because I know people don't like to read. I... This is why I keep telling you, crypto is just so weird, man. People like basically a one page summary…
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